Meet Pa Kettle, the dog that's running for mayor in Colorado

This March 2014 image provided by the Teller County Regional Animal Shelter shows Pa Kettle, a local dog "competing" for the unofficial title of mayor in a promotional online race to raise funds for the shelter, in Divide, an unincorporated mountain town in rural Colo. Voting began in February and chief operating officer Mary Steinbeiser says about $9,000 had been raised by April 7, 2014, a day before the fundraiser ends. That will pay for scores of spaying or neutering operations. (AP Photo/Teller County Regional Animal Shelter)

The chief operating officer at the Teller County Regional Animal Shelter in Colorado knows sheís not supposed to have favorites, but she wants soulful-eyed bloodhound Pa Kettle to be mayor.

This unincorporated mountain town of Divide doesnít have a human mayor. In all, 11 animals are competing for the unofficial title in an online race to raise funds for the shelter, and awareness for groups like Teller County Search and Rescue, for whom Pa Kettle works.

Each vote means $1 for the shelter, and voters click from around the country.

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Voting began in February, and chief operating officer Mary Steinbeiser says about $9,000 had been raised by Monday. That will pay for scores of spaying or neutering operations.